The Simple Life - A Little Bit of Everything: Home Management

When we moved into our new house I decided I wanted something to keep track of all our bills, important papers, etc.. Something accessible, because I do keep a file cabinet but it's upstairs and it's really more for things that I do not need very often.

So I implemented the Home Management Binder.

Inside I have 5 sections. These sections also include sub-sections.

1. Finances

Savings and Expenses
Bills/Account Info
Website Username and Password Info

2. Medical

Insurance Info
Health Care Proxy for both me and my husband

3. House

Projects to be done and Paint colors
Cleaning
Household Inventory (for insurance)

4. Meal Planning

Recipes
Planning
Pantry Inventory

5. Contacts

Family
Friends
Emergency
Other (garage, vet, groomers, take-out, etc...)

This is the first thing you see when I open my binder. A folder that I keep envelopes, stamps and other misc. things.

And this is my Home Management Binder. It works out really well for me, I like having everything in one place and easy to get to. :)

The second binder I have is a Pregnancy Binder.

This one is too keep track of everything from doctors appointments to things we need to buy...

This one also has five sections.

1. Planning

Calender for appointments
Baby Name Ideas
Registry List, What we need to Buy
Things to be done before Baby arrives

2. Nursery (includes [paint colors we used, decor ideas, etc..)

3. Baby Shower (includes ideas, guest list, etc...)

4. Medical

Any info I get from the doctor
Birth Plan
Insurance Info

5. Contacts (doctors,hospital, family to be called when the time comes!)

The 3rd binder I have is for Coupons. I am serious about my coupons!! and organizing them is easy and keeps me up to date on what ones I have and they are easy to see and get to. I use plastic sleeves to keep the coupons separated. I use baseball card holders and some picture album sleeves. They work really well.